Christian Freeling
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Christian Freeling is a well-known Dutch game designer who has invented more than 40 board games. His most popular game is havannah, which was published in 1981 by Ravensburger Spieleverlag GmbH in Germany. He also invented two mancala games: glass bead game and MiniMancala.
Freeling was born in 1947 and lives in Enschede, The Netherlands. He has two sons: Demian (1975) and Falco (1993). Besides inventing new games, his main hobby is raising raccoon dogs.
On May 13, 2000, Freeling lost all his animals, games and books, when a fireworks warehouse in Enschede exploded.
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A selection of Freeling's games
| Name | Kind of game | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Chad | Chess variant | 1979 |
| HexDame | Draughts variant | 1979 |
| Chakra | Chess variant | 1980 |
| Emergo (with Ed van Zon) | Stacking game | 1980 |
| Havannah | Connection game | 1980 |
| Hexade | Connection game | 1980 |
| Rotary | Chess variant | 1981 |
| Yari Shogi | Chess variant | 1981 |
| Caïssa | Chess variant | 1982 |
| Dragonfly | Chess variant | 1982 |
| Shakti | Chess variant | 1982 |
| Loonybird | Chess variant | 1983 |
| Grand Chess | Chess variant | 1984 |
| HexEmergo | Stacking game | 1985 |
| Bushka | Draughts variant | 1988 |
| Track Gammon | Backgammon variant | 1997 |
| Dameo | Draughts variant | 2000 |
| MiniMancala | Mancala game | 2001 |
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